a place for me

Exploring was awesome. Since leaving Abaven, he and his dad had gone.. all over the place. They stayed sorta close to where he'd been born for awhile, wandering to and fro wherever they desired. Kai was pleased that he wasn't really told to do.. well, anything. He enjoyed spending time with his dad and loved the adventures they would go on together. He also loved, too, that he could choose where they went from one day to the next. Every day meant something new. The boy was full of spirit and life, and he was especially excited today.

The air was full with the scent of ripe berries. Any hint of chill in the air - not that there was much here - had faded from the lands as spring made its presence known. Kai had slipped from his father's side as they slept, waiting for the sun to just barely peek above the horizon, before going to explore something they'd passed by the day before. A dense grove, ripe with numerous sickly-sweet odors, hiding among the thick trees of the forest. The boy's tail wagged behind him as he passed one of the shrubs that he had smelled from so far away, nostrils flaring as he tasted the pungent air. How strange - but awesome!

A happy bark left his lips as he shoved his face into one of the bushes, quickly snagging a fat strawberry in his mouth and chewing it. Yum! He wasn't thinking much about whether he should be eating them or not, but they tasted sweet and good, so he was too young to be wary of much. Fear wasn't something that made up his world, not yet at least.